Anyone know if the ground floor is going to have lease space for retail/restaurant? Is it going to be a TCF branch?

It looks like there will be a TCF Bank along Woodward. Not sure about the Elizabeth side past the parking entry/exit. W. Elizabeth has a lot of dead space with the outer side wall of the Fillmore on one side. Other ground floor commercial space would likely have a rough time along the south side of W. Elizabeth.

Am I the only one who thinks the fact that half the building's height is parking is funny?

Nope! Youíre not the only one 😂😆
The bank that bought the naming rights on what used to be cobo center...after their multi-billion dollar merger with chemical bank, making them the largest headquartered financial institution in Michigan....is building an HQ in Detroit that literally only has 8 floors for office and 12 for parking. Only in Detroit. Is it better than nothing? Yes yes and yes. But itís kind of a letdown and itís comical, in an annoyed, only-in-Detroit sort of mindset when you look at it.

Nope! You’re not the only one ����
The bank that bought the naming rights on what used to be cobo center...after their multi-billion dollar merger with chemical bank, making them the largest headquartered financial institution in Michigan....is building an HQ in Detroit that literally only has 8 floors for office and 12 for parking. Only in Detroit. Is it better than nothing? Yes yes and yes. But it’s kind of a letdown and it’s comical, in an annoyed, only-in-Detroit sort of mindset when you look at it.

Unfortunately this project would have a hard time being built without the parking element. We don't have great regional mass transit and we're absolutely car-centric. I wish that wasn't the case, but developers have to deal in reality, and the reality of this region is cars, cars cars.

Depending on the the parking structure is build (flat parking levels with a speed ramp), the parking levels could be built out in the future. I prefer they stack the parking under the office, rather than build a 10-story deck next to a 9-story office.

Unfortunately this project would have a hard time being built without the parking element. We don't have great regional mass transit and we're absolutely car-centric. I wish that wasn't the case, but developers have to deal in reality, and the reality of this region is cars, cars cars.

Depending on the the parking structure is build (flat parking levels with a speed ramp), the parking levels could be built out in the future. I prefer they stack the parking under the office, rather than build a 10-story deck next to a 9-story office.

yeah, me too. It's still a good project. I like the newer rendering better. Parking garage is hidden very well. Looks solid

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Restoration and renovation of the corner of Woodward and Baltimore nears completion. The decades-long abandoned properties have been transformed into residential lofts. Around the corner from the White Castle sign, a larger residential development is midway through completion. Rail lines of the recently launched light rail Q-line, linking this New Center location to Downtown Detroit, appear in the foreground. https://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?20588-14-million-New-Center-Development-at-Woodward-and-Baltimore

The formerly bleak Milwaukee Junction rises. In the foreground, a recently restored condo/commercial project on Milwaukee at Beaubien features the bar Kiesling, on the corner, already anointed as one of Detroit‚Äôs hotspot pubs. Brown-papered windows to its left mask a soon-to-be-opened coffee house. $250K condos above and below are already sold and occupied. Behind work progresses on the nine story ‚ÄúChroma‚ÄĚ located on E. Grand Blvd. and Beaubien. The former storage warehouse is being converted into a co-working space and a food hall.

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